Civil rights era desegregation tests begin after law
Reports describe early attempts to desegregate restaurants and lunch counters in Alabama Georgia Florida and Tennessee as President Johnson signed the civil rights bill. Some sites served Black patrons without incident while others refused service. One Atlanta cameraman was arrested in Albany for remaining in a restaurant serving Negroes. Voter registration tests followed in Mississippi and other states.
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Georgia
2 Marines Terrorize Buffums' (Continued from Page Al)
Two Marines attacked Buffums and assaulted a clerk during an attempted arrest as the man tried to intervene. The incident followed a broader wave of civil rights tensions touched by local officials and NAACP leaders in the region.
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Aleso
Jackson
Charles Evers
Timothy Dyer
National Association
Evers
LBJ Hails Rights Reaction Amid Civil Rights Law Debates
President Johnson backed civil rights changes while urging testing in court. In Austin, Tex., Arthur A. Dean accepted chairmanship of a national Citizens' Advisory Committee for Community Relations to assist communities with the new law. Leroy Collins will direct the Community Relations Service to aid disputes and smooth implementation. Later, a violent incident on a street ended with arrests after a mob threatened a couple, and officers subdued the assailants.
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New York
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U.S
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Florida
Johnson
Washington
L A Racial Protests Continue in Los Angeles
Los Angeles race demonstrations are likely to continue despite the Civil Rights Act. Interracial leaders cited no reasons for more protests but vowed peaceful action and negotiation to implement the new federal law. A Thanksgiving service is planned at Holman Methodist Church on West Adams Boulevard.
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Maurice Dawkins
le Peoples Independent Church of Christ
Uhey
At & Am
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West Adams Boulevard
Two Killed in Crash on Signal Hill
Two people died and others injured in a Signal Hill crash when a car failed to yield at an intersection after stopping for a traffic sign. The Conley car carried multiple passengers who were trapped in the wreckage. A second fatality occurred nearby on Yorba Linda’s Yorba Finda Boulevard after a rollover.
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Jon weiteRnoun
Signal Hill Collisign
Jack Huggins Conley
Jack Jr
Signal Hill
Manuel Moreno Jr
Qak St. Alwood
Yorba Finda Boulevard
Avocado Street
Yorba Linda
Robert Joseph Navarro
Orangethorpe Ave
Moreno
St. Jude Hospital
Fullerton
Pars
I Fred Pominguez
Gili S. Canler
Santa Alin
U.S. pushes enriched uranium lead for world power
Washington reports the United States seeks to dominate the growing atomic electric power market by supplying enriched uranium for foreign plants. Officials say by 1980 half of new plants abroad using US design could yield $6 to $8 billion in sales, with political prestige and economic gains.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
United States
Vnto Atomic Electric Power
America
Britain
France
Canada
Altomig Energy Commission
Free World
AEC
Anil L
U. S
Walkout at Airline Averted in Nationwide Talks
A late Friday to Saturday deadline neared a coast to coast strike by airline mechanics and traffic handlers was avoided after management and union negotiators reached a major ink agreement. Federal mediator Francis ONeill said talks extended into the holiday period, with details not immediately available.
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UPI
Ameriweekend
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Inj O'Neill
Bus Riders Shaken Up in Panama City Crash
A holiday bus carrying about 20 people skidded on a wet road in heavy rain, fishtailed 70 yards and rolled onto its side filling a marshy shoulder. Seven passengers were admitted to two hospitals, several others treated for cuts and bruises. No fatalities. Windows broken, ceilings punctured, glass littered the highway. Five taken to Bay Memorial Hospital in Panama City and two to Tyndall Air Force Base hospital.
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Pensacola
Bay Memorial Hospital
Tyndall Ai Force Base
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